CA1006980A - Hand held optical reader - Google Patents

Hand held optical reader

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Publication number
CA1006980A
CA1006980A CA189,465A CA189465A CA1006980A CA 1006980 A CA1006980 A CA 1006980A CA 189465 A CA189465 A CA 189465A CA 1006980 A CA1006980 A CA 1006980A
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hand held
optical reader
held optical
reader
hand
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Edward Dillingham
John H. Humphrey
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Data Source Corp
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Data Source Corp
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K7/00—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns
    • G06K7/10—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation
    • G06K7/10544—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation by scanning of the records by radiation in the optical part of the electromagnetic spectrum
    • G06K7/10821—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation by scanning of the records by radiation in the optical part of the electromagnetic spectrum further details of bar or optical code scanning devices
    • G06K7/10881—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation by scanning of the records by radiation in the optical part of the electromagnetic spectrum further details of bar or optical code scanning devices constructional details of hand-held scanners
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06V—IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
    • G06V10/00—Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding
    • G06V10/10—Image acquisition
    • G06V10/12—Details of acquisition arrangements; Constructional details thereof
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06V—IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
    • G06V10/00—Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding
    • G06V10/20—Image preprocessing
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06V—IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
    • G06V10/00—Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding
    • G06V10/40—Extraction of image or video features
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06V—IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
    • G06V10/00—Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding
    • G06V10/40—Extraction of image or video features
    • G06V10/42—Global feature extraction by analysis of the whole pattern, e.g. using frequency domain transformations or autocorrelation
    • G06V10/421—Global feature extraction by analysis of the whole pattern, e.g. using frequency domain transformations or autocorrelation by analysing segments intersecting the pattern

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition (AREA)
  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Toxicology (AREA)
  • Artificial Intelligence (AREA)
  • Character Input (AREA)
  • Image Input (AREA)
CA189,465A 1973-01-05 1974-01-04 Hand held optical reader Expired CA1006980A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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US321174A US3918028A (en) 1973-01-05 1973-01-05 Hand held optical reader

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CA1006980A true CA1006980A (en) 1977-03-15

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Country Status (14)

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US (1) US3918028A (xx)
JP (1) JPS5634905B2 (xx)
AU (1) AU470096B2 (xx)
BE (1) BE809416A (xx)
BR (1) BR7400037D0 (xx)
CA (1) CA1006980A (xx)
DE (1) DE2400334A1 (xx)
FR (1) FR2213542B1 (xx)
GB (1) GB1451650A (xx)
IL (1) IL43924A (xx)
IT (1) IT1006737B (xx)
NL (1) NL7400121A (xx)
SE (1) SE412964B (xx)
ZA (1) ZA74113B (xx)

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IL43924A (en) 1976-11-30
BE809416A (fr) 1974-05-02
ZA74113B (en) 1974-12-24
US3918028A (en) 1975-11-04
BR7400037D0 (pt) 1974-08-15
FR2213542B1 (xx) 1978-01-06
JPS49103538A (xx) 1974-10-01
NL7400121A (xx) 1974-07-09
AU6420874A (en) 1975-07-10
IL43924A0 (en) 1974-03-14
FR2213542A1 (xx) 1974-08-02
AU470096B2 (en) 1976-03-04
JPS5634905B2 (xx) 1981-08-13
IT1006737B (it) 1976-10-20
DE2400334A1 (de) 1974-07-18
SE412964B (sv) 1980-03-24
GB1451650A (xx) 1976-10-06

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